Basket-cover fastener



(No Model.)

J. T. ROBISON. BASKET COVER PASTENER.

No. 431,400. Patented July 1118910..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. ROBISON, OF VILLOUGHBY, OHIO.

BASKET-COVER FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 431,400, dated July 1, 1890.

Application filed April 21, 1890. Serial No. 348,939. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. RoBIsoN, of IVillonghby, in the county of Lake and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Covers for Baskets or other Packages; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fasteners for covers of basketsor other pack ages; and it consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a basket and fasteners embodying my invention, showing' the cover partially closed down. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the coverY closed and fastened.

A represents a basket, B the cover, and O C the wire fasteners. The wires C are shown extending up between the body of the basket and hoop a, the wires being bent or hooked around the lower edge of the hoop, as shown at c. The cover is provided with staples l), usually driven into the edge of the cover opposite Wires C. In placing the cover on the basket the free end of wires C pass through the staples, (see Fig. 1,) after which the cover is pressed onto the basket and wires O are bent downward, as shown at c', to hold the cover down, and the bending of the wires in this manner draws the cover downv and clamps it iirmlyin its place upon the package.

For small baskets or packages two fasteners `of this kind will be found sufficient, and they are usually located at the ends of the cover, as shown. For larger baskets or packages any desired number of these fasteners may be employed.

For removing the cover the free ends of Wire O are bent approximately to their original position, (shown in Fig. 1,) after which the cover is easily removed.

These fasteners may be used over and over many times, and at least for packages of ordinary size wires O may be so small that they may be easily bent or straightened with the fingers.

The combination, with a packageand cover for the same, of a wirefastener secured to the package, a staple fastened to the cover in position to receive the free end of the fastening-wire, the latter being bent down outside the staple in seeming the cover, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses,this1st day of April, 1890.

JAMES T. ROBISON.

Witnesses:

ALBERT E. LYNCH, WILL B. SAGE. 

